Friday, August 12, 2011

Hankie Quilt

A couple of weeks ago I was at my local Salvo's and I found some old hankies, so I snapped them all up for $1. I had a thought of turning them into a quilt, so with my new rotary cutter I made them all the same size. I had to buy a couple more from Best and Less as there wasn't quite enough. I bought a meter of white poplin for $2 and a meter of gingham for $4.

I already had the material for a border and had loads of off cuts of batting. I sewed the off cuts together and put the white poplin behind the hankies as they are a bit thin.

All up the quilt cost me under $10 and I sewed it together quite quickly. I am really happy with it. Also one of the Tuesday hankies was mine when I was little and it still had my name sewed on, unfortunately it was cut off in the squaring them up process.

So Ruby has a new little quilt which was cheap and easy to make. Do you have old hankies at home? maybe you could make your own.

About Me

Hi, my name is Emma and I'm and Australian Mum of 2 girls. I love crochet, sewing and selling my goodies at markets. I'm soon relocating to Hereford UK and I'm looking forward to sharing my new journey and life in the UK.
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